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Success Comes with Experience™

We started in 1996 to help young adults learn from the experiences of others. More than a bank of resumes or a traditional job board, we help people understand their interests and aptitudes, and how they can apply their talents in the workforce. Our community at its core empowers the next generation workforce to access a world of possibilities.

Today, schools and organizations all across the country partner with us to deliver career services to more than 4.2 million students and alumni. And over 100,000 employers connect with top Generation Y talent through the Experience Network.

You can access our network, data and leadership team today to help guide Gen Y into the working world, because unlocking potential is the key to success for every individual and organization… and success comes with Experience.

Jenny founded Experience in 1996, at the very dawn of the Internet era. Following her personal experiences with on-campus recruiting as a student and later as an employer, she knew that the laborious, complex and resource intensive approach to connecting students with employers wasn't working - especially for the students, who needed far more support in order to make informed career decisions.

While Experience is consistently recognized for its leadership in technology and innovation, the mission of Experience is "to educate, assist and inspire" the next generation of talent - which encompasses far more than online career management systems or making job listings easier to find. Jenny's groundbreaking vision for how to enlist educational institutions, companies, governments and citizens around the world toward this important mission has been recognized by national press, and by industry leaders throughout academia and enterprise.

The author of the upcoming book, The Gen Y Way: How New Thinking Can Reclaim the American Dream, Jenny is a frequent speaker at nationwide universities and major business events to share her unique perspective on the up-and-coming workforce. She earned a BA in psychology from Dartmouth College and was a management consultant with Bain & Company in Boston prior to starting Experience. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Jobs for the Future and the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy.

As Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Ed drives Experience's enterprise program that enables FORTUNE 500 and other top employers to target and reach Gen Y talent for strategic hiring initiatives, including candidate pooling, employee retention, corporate branding and talent community programs. He also oversees the development of best-in-class technology solutions geared towards colleges, universities and organizations to empower their efforts to engage candidates with career-focused services and offerings.

An established software industry visionary, Ed brings 18 years of extensive operational and corporate development experience to the company. Prior to joining Experience, he most recently served as SVP, Marketing for Alignent Software. Ed has also held executive-level positions at Icebreaker (where he was also a founder), Computervision and Rasna Corporation. He holds a B.S. from the Florida Institute of Technology.

As VP, Marketing for Experience, Nancy leads the outreach, engagement and content strategies keeping our student, alumni and employer audiences on top of the products and trends that bridge the emerging workforce with the professional world. She also oversees the marketing and PR teams, driving promotions and awareness both inside and outside the extensive Experience network.

As a lifelong entrepreneur, Nancy brings a mix of marketing, media and product development to the Experience team. Prior to joining Experience, Nancy was Director of Digital Marketing for Boston.com and The Boston Globe, where she also launched their eCommerce, book publishing and licensing divisions and initiated new content platforms around social apps and eReaders. Nancy's background in media production includes TV, radio and multimedia. She helped launch New England Cable News in 1992 and was their Director of Operations until 2001. She holds a B.S. in Telecommunications from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from Simmons College.

As VP of Software Development, Ady brings 12 years of extensive hands-on experience in managing and developing web applications. At Experience, he prioritizes and oversees the development team and drives the technological direction for the company's recruiting solutions. Ady is also responsible for integrating emerging technologies that will enable Experience to launch web and mobile applications that helps millions of Gen Y candidates meet their career goals.

Prior to joining Experience, Ady was the lead architect for The Rockband Network at Harmonix Music Systems—an industry first—which enables musicians and labels to create and sell music in the Rockband ecosystem. With a penchant for Open Source, Ady was a Lead Technologist at Optaros and also spent several years working as a web channel architect at Camelot UK (UK National Lottery), where he helped develop one of the world's most successful interactive lottery systems. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Bangalore University.

As Experience's Chief Business Intelligence Officer, Stan drives efforts to deliver compelling and unique performance analytics and insight around our customers' Gen Y hiring programs. He is also responsible for our site operations and technology infrastructure.

Prior to joining Experience, Stan was VP of Engineering at NetGenesis, one of the leaders in the web analytics space. Stan has held senior technology management roles at Dow Jones/Telerate, Market Systems Technology, Thomson Financial and Bank of Boston, where he has managed large-scale, mission-critical systems. Stan has a B.S. from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Jason keeps the trains running on time, as each day he pulls together the financial, legal and operations groups, enabling Experience and its staff to deliver services to candidates, schools and employers.

Ensuring corporate alignment throughout all aspects of the business, Jason manages budgeting and analysis responsibilities, all corporate legal functions, as well as internal activities including operations and human resources.

Prior to coming to Experience, Jason, a CPA, spent several years in public accounting and also worked in corporate finance at ARIAD Pharmaceuticals. In addition to his 10+ years of accounting and finance experience, he holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Southern Maine.

Janet is focused on defining and implementing the company's go-to-market strategy for enterprise employers and has lead the vision for the development of the Talent Community platform, from product functionality, data analytics to client engagement. She's charged with leveraging the company's rich repository of data for competitive advantage, including ad targeting, market segmentation, crowdsourced lead generation and viral marketing initiatives. Janet also tracks the interests, behaviors and preferences of Gen Y through custom surveys and polls, and publishes proprietary research via our Gen Y Insights series.

Before Experience, Janet was VP of Marketing at Genuity and managed product strategy, market research, and operations. Prior to Genuity, she spent 8 years with GTE/BBN where she held executive positions in marketing, business development, strategic planning and investor relations. Janet holds a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Jenny founded Experience in 1996, at the very dawn of the Internet era. Following her personal experiences with on-campus recruiting as a student and later as an employer, she knew that the laborious, complex and resource intensive approach to connecting students with employers wasn't working - especially for the students, who needed far more support in order to make informed career decisions.

While Experience is consistently recognized for its leadership in technology and innovation, the mission of Experience is "to educate, assist and inspire" the next generation of talent - which encompasses far more than online career management systems or making job listings easier to find. Jenny's groundbreaking vision for how to enlist educational institutions, companies, governments and citizens around the world toward this important mission has been recognized by national press, and by industry leaders throughout academia and enterprise.

The author of the upcoming book, The Gen Y Way: How New Thinking Can Reclaim the American Dream, Jenny is a frequent speaker at nationwide universities and major business events to share her unique perspective on the up-and-coming workforce. She earned a BA in psychology from Dartmouth College and was a management consultant with Bain & Company in Boston prior to starting Experience. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Jobs for the Future and the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy.

Jon is an investment guru whose specialty is the ability to focus on investments at all stages of information technology, consumer products and digital media. He is Co-founder and Managing General Partner of Polaris Venture Partners. He is based in the Boston office and is responsible for oversight of all Polaris investment activities.

Before founding Polaris, Jon was a partner with Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., which he joined in 1984. Prior to this, he was an associate at the Boston law firm of Testa, Hurwitz and Thibeault, where he represented venture capital firms and high technology companies. Jon also gained substantial investigative experience during his service on the Impeachment Inquiry Staff of the U.S. Judiciary Committee and on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.

Jon holds a JD from the University of Virginia Law School and a BA with high honors from Hobart College. Read more.

Paul is most notably known as the Founder of Road Runner, the world's first broadband cable modem service, and Pathfinder, one of the Web properties that pioneered Internet advertising. A leading visionary in technology and media business, Paul is President and CEO of Akamai, a company he joined in 1998.

Previously, Paul served as Senior Advisor to the World Economic Forum, consulting to the Geneva-based organization on information technology for the world's 1,000 foremost multinational corporations. Prior to this he held the title of President and Editor of New Media at Time Inc., a division of Time Warner. His background also includes serving as Managing Editor of Time Warner's News on Demand project and as a senior member of the team responsible for the development of the company's online, cable online, electronic publishing, and Internet publishing activities.

Mr. Sagan is a Trustee of Northwestern University and a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Read more.

A successful innovator and leader, Greg has a green thumb when it comes to business growth. As the Co-founder and CEO of TechTarget, a company he launched in August 1999, he has grown the company to its leadership position as the fastest-growing IT media company. Greg developed TechTarget from an online media company to a fully diversified IT media and events company with approximately 400+ employees in Needham, MA, San Francisco and New York.

Prior to this venture, Greg was President of the Technology Division of UCG, a leading business-to-business information provider, where he grew the business more than 15-fold in six years. Greg joined UCG in 1992 when the company acquired Reliability Ratings, a successful IT publishing company he founded in 1989. Before this, Greg spent six years in senior sales and marketing positions at EMC Corporation, which he joined as the company's 29th employee.

Our school and employer advisory boards provide ongoing business direction and represent the future of Gen Y hiring and career development. With insightful commentary and a powerful understanding of their professions, these senior leaders are a guiding influence on our company vision and provide windows into the day-to-day challenges of human resources and career services management.

Schools Advisory Board

Jane LinnenburgerBradley University

Amy FeiferBryn Mawr and Haverford

Laura DenbowBucknell University

Gillian SteeleDePaul University

Bill Wright SwadelDuke University

Sue ReamITT

Donna GoldfederLehigh University

Maria SteinNortheastern University

Cindy HendersonNorthern Illinois University

Joe LongPlymouth State University

Dee ThompsonPortland State University

Beverly Hamilton-ChandlerPrinceton University

Harold BellSpelman College

Denise Dwight SmithUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tim HardingUniversity of Tampa

Scott CrawfordWabash College

Mike SciolaWesleyan University

Employers Advisory Board

Kim AllenbachVerizon Wireless

George DeveneyCity Year

Kim DiNicolaFidelity

Shawna FergusonGenzyme

Glenna PickettBain & Co.

Cindy GalleraniEMC

Kerry OlinMicrosoft

Howard RoughSchlumberger

Shawn TubmanLiberty Mutual Group

Dennis WatsonThe TJX Companies, Inc.

Gen Y Advisors

Experience's Gen Y advisory boards are comprised of more than 1,000 members representing over 200 schools, alumni associations, organizations and employers. Representing our candidate voice, these active students and young professionals help guide our ongoing business plans, product direction and community goals.

OUR PARTNERS

We partner with leading career-focused companies to bring innovative Gen Y hiring solutions to market. We offer several types of partnership programs, including resale, content and job distribution.

If you are interested becoming our partner, please contact us.

Recruitment Advertising Agency & Applicant Tracking System Partners

Would you benefit by gaining direct access to college-educated entry- and mid-level candidates for your employer clients? We can help by packaging our job posting, resume search and interactive recruitment branding services with your overall solution.

Job Distribution Partners

Are you looking to reach high-caliber candidates with your online job postings? We partner with online recruiting companies that want to extend their reach among Gen Y candidates by uploading volumes of jobs and internships directly into our database for maximum exposure.

Content and Resource Partners

Would you like to share your career advice and services with students and young professionals? Are you interested in providing career and job search tips to your audience? Join our community of content partners and help Gen Y understand, find and select the career path that's right for them.

RECENT RESEARCH FROM EXPERIENCE

Our Gen Y research is a trusted source of information about today's college students and young professionals. Employers, schools and media of all kinds leverage our reports, papers, blogs and more to make informed decisions about working with the next generation workforce.